Bottle stoppers and liquid pouring devices



Jan. 17, 1956 o. ALVISTUR 2,731,172

BOTTLE STOPPERS AND LIQUID POURING DEVIES Filed Nov. 14, 1952 United States Patent BOTTLE STOPPERS AND LIQUID POURING DEVICES Oscar Alvistur, San Francisco, Calif.

Application November 14, 1952, Serial No. 320,561

1 Claim. (Cl. 222-78) This invention relates to an improved combination bottle stopper and a liquid pouring device, and has particular reference to the employment of an artistic, ornamental pouring medium, simulating an attractive and artistic female figure, associated with the stopper, whereby upon an inverting of the bottle the liquid will be directed to the body of the figure and then poured from the mouth of the figure to a glass or the like.

A further object of the invention is to employ valve means in the figure for controlling the flow of liquid from the bottle to the figure and then to a suitable receptacle for holding the liquid.

An additional object of the invention is to produce a device of the character described that is economical to manufacture, ornamental and attractive in appearance, positive in operation and highly eflicient and serviceable in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the device constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevational view of a portion of the figure shown as balanced on the stopper, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view of a portion of the bottle and a portion of the balancing arm.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a bottle holding an alcoholic product such as whiskey, and the numeral 6 the neck of the bottle.

The stopper of the invention, that is removably positioned in the bottle neck 6, embodies in its construction an enlarged circular flat head 7 and a round lower vertical portion 8. The said head and lower portion are bored for the reception therein of an elongated tube 9 that serves as a medium for the passage of the liquid from the bottle 5 to the Figure 10.

The figure illustrated in the drawing represents an ornamental and attractive female, and is shown in an inverted position with the hand, of an apertured arm 12,

being suitably molded to the top of the head of the stopper to represent a balancing effect of the figure on the stopper.

It will be noted that the tube extends through the arm and continues into the upper hollow portion 13 of the body of the figure. A valve 11 is employed in the arm 12 for controlling the passage of the liquid through the arm. In the neck portion of the figure I employ a second valve 14 that engages a short tube 14' that leads from the hollow portion 13 to the open mouth of the figure from which the liquid is poured to a glass or suitable container whena beverage such as whiskey or wine is being poured.

In practice the valve 11 is first opened and the bottle is then inverted. The turning of the bottle to a vertical position will cause the liquid to be dispensed through the tube 9 to the hollow portion 13 of the figure. After the desired amount of liquid has been transferred to the figure, the valve 11 is turned off. The valve 14 is then opened and the stored liquid will pass through the tube 14 and then through the mouth of the figure to the liquid holding container.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be obvious that I have produced a most amusing and attractive device whereby an effective pouring of the liquid can be accomplished.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the shape, size, material and arrangement of parts may be readily resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of .the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In combination with a liquid holding bottle and the open neck portion thereof, a stopper having a vertical bore therein and removably positioned in the neck of the bottle, a partly hollow inverted body simulating a female figure balanced by an inverted apertured arm on said stopper, and an elongated tube extending through the bore of the stopper and the apertured arm, valve means connected to said elongated tube for controlling the flow of the liquid to the hollow portion of the figure when the bottle is inverted, a second tube in the neck portion of the figure and in communication with the hollow portion of the figure and the open mouth of the figure, and valve means connected to said second tube for controlling the flow of liquid through the mouth of the figure to a container outside the head of the figure, the container being of the nature of a glass.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 330,812 Ward Nov. 17, 1885 1,694,959 Ament Dec. 11, 1928 2,502,598 Seligman Apr. 4, 1950 

